[MPlayer-users] Compile with new kernel

[Gábor Lénárt]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 02:17:34PM -0400, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > The correct way is to copy kernel header files into the program (mplayer)
> > source tree. This makes sure the latest features are always available.
> 
> This is stupid. An OS is supposed to provide headers with the
> necessary #defines and structs for calling its ioctl's!! Sure we could
> include such stuff for Linux if we wanted, but what then? Include
> headers for every other kernel as well?? No.

Maybe you're right here. But as you've written "An OS is supposed to provide headers".
Got it? OS SHOULD. Not glibc! And /usr/include/linux belongs to glibc!
It's such simple. kernel specific things are in kernel, no stupid
"outsymlinking" needs. It just makes things overcompilcated. The "good way"
is easy: if you require kernel related things, include from kernel. Logical,
isn't it.


- Gábor (larta'H)